Role of pair-breaking and phase fluctuations in c-axis tunneling in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ô
Abstract
The Josephson plasma resonance is used to study the c-axis supercurrent in the superconducting state of underdoped Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8+ δ with varying degrees of controlled point-like disorder, introduced by high-energy electron irradiation. As disorder is increased, the Josephson Plasma frequency decreases proportionally to the critical temperature. The temperature dependence of the plasma frequency does not depend on the irradiation dose, and is in quantitative agreement with a model for quantum fluctuations of the superconducting phase in the CuO 2 layers.
- Publication:
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Physica C Superconductivity
- Pub Date:
- September 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.122
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0607671
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhyC..460..876V
- Keywords:
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- 74.40.+k;
- 74.50.+r;
- 74.62.-c;
- 74.62.Dh;
- Fluctuations;
- Tunneling phenomena;
- point contacts weak links Josephson effects;
- Transition temperature variations;
- Effects of crystal defects doping and substitution;
- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity;
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
- E-Print:
- 2 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of M2S-HTSC VIII Dresden